Local schools spend less per student than state average

Nine Ontario County public school districts spent less than the statewide average of $20,906 per pupil in the 2011-12 year. Victor Central School District came had the second lowest spending rate of 453 schools.

Nine Ontario County public school districts spent less than the statewide average of $20,906 per pupil in the 2011-12 year.

According to new data from the state Education Department, which included 453 school districts in 48 counties, schools that spent less than the state average per student in 2012 were Victor, Canandaigua, Phelps/Clifton Springs, Naples, Manchester/Shortsville, Geneva, Bloomfield, Honeoye and Marcus Whitman.

The Glens Falls Common School District, which operates a single school in Warren County, had the lowest spending rate of 453 schools, investing $12,158 per pupil as of 2011-12. Victor Central School District came in second, spending $12,772 per student.